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UK's EU envoy: UK will conclude EU trade talks in two years

The UK will be able to conclude new trade negotiations with the EU within the two-year Brexit timetable, Sir Tim Barrow, the new UK envoy to the EU, told a parliamentary committee. He argued the two sides' trading regulations are already in convergence, making it easier to agree. EU officials have said however that the UK must first negotiate a divorce agreement before discussions on the future relationship can start.